Test 9 · ★★★ · Standing by a friend
«standing by a mate means fighting for him, obvs». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: standing, mate · What happens: stand, mean, fight, be · To what, where: obvs · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 370 «Standing by a friend» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: «standing by a mate means fighting for him, obvs».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 standing | punct |
| 2 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 means | csubj |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 mate | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 mate | det |
| 5 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 standing | obl |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | fighting | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 means | xcomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fighting | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 obvs | punct |
| 11 | obvs | obv | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 fighting | obl |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 obvs | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand in a quote | gerund | by a mate | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by mate=Location | |||||
| 2 | mean in a quote | present | standing | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | fight not said to happen, in a quote | gerund | standing not said here | obvs | for him = he | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: Is it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Is | nsubj |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Is | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | mate | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, real friends always fight for each other
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 fight | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 fight | punct |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 friends | amod |
| 4 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fight | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 fight | advmod |
| 6 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 each | case |
| 8 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 6 fight | obl |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 each | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | present | real friends | for each; always property | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, but only if he's smaller
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 smaller | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 smaller | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 smaller | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 smaller | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 smaller | cop |
| 8 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Yes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | small property | tree rules |
Option 3
No, it means leaving him alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | leaving | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | xcomp |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 leaving | obj |
| 7 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 5 leaving | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | leave not said to happen | gerund | him = he | alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, it means being with him and on his side
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 him | cop |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 side | cc |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 side | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 side | nmod:poss |
| 11 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 him | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | gerund | with him = he | tree rules |
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